What is the Coolest Way You've Seen Government Engage?

We've seen tweet-ups, meet-ups, virtual Q and A's, polls and more. With more and more government figures and organizations hitting the web to engage with citizens, surely some best practices and cool examples of engagement have been witnessed.

What is the Coolest Way You've Seen Government Engage?

I love seeing virtual town halls. They are a great way to get a group of citizens engaged and talking from all over a county, state, or even the entire country.

I just attended a fascinating conference in Amsterdam called Social Cities of Tomorrow. One part was an intense three-day charrette working on a real world planning problem. While the main goal was to use new technology to make cities more social, this group realized that many people don't have access to these technologies, especially older or people with less money ... they came up with the idea of a "Lunch Bus" the bus would serve lunch and have tables where people could discuss plans for the neighborhood using tools like paper table cloths with maps where they could draw.

I think food always helps bring people together, and who doesn't like drawing on tablecloths?